Tag: COVID-19 Vaccination
G20 pledges to vaccinate 70% of global population by mid-2022
The world's 20 biggest economies’ (G20) finance and health ministers last day pledged to take steps to ensure 70 percent of the global population...
US FDA advisers recommend Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children
A key advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted overwhelmingly to recommend the use of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for children...
UAE, Israel agree on mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccine certificate
The UAE and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the mutual recognition of vaccination certificates issued by the health authorities in...
IMF urges for urgent action plans to restore global economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pointed out that urgent policy action is required to control the COVID-19 pandemic, limit economic scarring and transform...
WHO brings new strategy to vaccinate 70% of global population by...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rolled out the 'Strategy to Achieve Global COVID-19 Vaccination by mid-2022' (the Strategy), to end the two-track pandemic,...
Multilateral leaders urges more COVID-19 vaccine doses for poorer countries
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Kristalina Georgieva and other multilateral-organization leaders advised countries with high COVID-19 vaccination rates to...
The global growth rate for this year would remain at 6%;...
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Managing Director (MD) and Chairwoman, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva has stated that the IMF estimates that global growth will be...
Lack of COVID-19 vaccine in poorer countries marks global community’s failure;...
Wealthy countries are now opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from COVID-19, while the poorest countries around...
